Lunch in Paris.

I love this time of year. I love shopping for Christmas presents, looking at Christmas lights, having a super busy Christmas day. I love it all. The lead up, the day, boxing day, finding that perfect present for the people you love. This year it's a little strange to not be doing that. No shopping. No presents. The weirdest part of this year, this 'summer' is the fact that it's cold and rainy. As I write I am sitting in leggings and a jumper, who would have thought I would be wearing any more than shorts and a singlet at this time of year?

It's exactly two weeks until we leave. I am working for the beginning part of this week, then running away down south with Amanda to drink and (hopefully) spend a few days at the beach. After that I come back to work the weekend and Monday and then my life as an unemployed lady begins. The obvious choice of what I will be doing on the Tuesday is getting my hair done and maybe a champagne lunch with Amanda.

I am an organisational FREAK. I need everything to be perfectly planned and organised, so I am starting to get anxious at the lack of organising that I have done for Europe. I feel like I have so much to do, and no time to do it in. On the plus side all transport and accommodation is sorted, but seeing as Europe is currently in the middle of a blizzard, I am freaking out a little bit because there is so much I want to do and not a lot of time to do it in. But I guess thats the one thing I can't control, the weather.

The book I am reading, Lunch in Paris, is making me so excited because the author sees France in the way I want to see it. Dim lit alley ways and small dark restaurants, romance and cold weather. I want to see 'the sights' but more than anything I want some amazing food and wine and spend some time with my amazing boyfriend. My amazing mother has bought Jesse and I a DSLR camera so we will be taking a BILLION (yes I have been warned I will want to kill Jesse with the amount of photos he will take) photos of our trip.

I don't know where 2010 has gone, but I am happy its gone. I have never been as happy with my life as I am now. I have a fantastically supportive group of friends who keep me entertained, a family who no matter what love me and of course, I have the most amazing boyfriend a girl could ever wish for.

Snowy Paris at Christmas, I'll see you soon!